It's Cosmonauts day, a holiday honoring Gagarin's first flight into space, and in Star City the celebration lasts late into the night.

这天是为了纪念加加林第一次进入太空的宇航员日，在星城的庆祝持续到深夜。

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And while Esa insisted that team spirit remained high during an earlier, 105-day simulation, the length of the mission means that the cosmonauts will be metaphorically flying into uncharted territory.

而欧洲宇航局曾在早期一项105天的模拟中坚持了团队精神保持高昂状态。任务的时长意味着宇航员们将飞进未知领域。

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The pictures from space beamed at the mission control at Korolyov, near Moscow, showed the cosmonauts smiling and looking well after their two-day flight.

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